Climate averages 1991–2020
Kira weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Kira: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes September a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kampala (11 km away). In September its highs average 24.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kira, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Kira ranks 15th of 21 for the warmest September highs and 20th of 21 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 21 cities is 25.7°C; Kira is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 179 mm to 212 mm.
The annual picture
September in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kira climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 110 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 106 | 18.6 | 12.112 h |
| March | 25.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 174 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 235 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 215 | 28.4 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 154 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 24.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 133 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 171 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| September, selected | 25.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 179 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 212 | 28.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 208 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 145 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
September in nearby cities
- Kampala in SeptemberUganda · 11 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Nansana in SeptemberUganda · 12 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Mukono in SeptemberUganda · 15 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Kyengera in SeptemberUganda · 19 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 121 mm rain
- Kajansi in SeptemberUganda · 23 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Lugazi in SeptemberUganda · 34 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 158 mm rain
- Katabi in SeptemberUganda · 40 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Njeru in SeptemberUganda · 61 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 151 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kira) is explained once on the Kira year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.